Thomas Young

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Founder at Onyx Systems · Edtech · growth, content

Onyx Systems
New York, NY · ET (UTC-5)
10+ years experience
University of Washington
English
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Onyx Systems, working on edtech. Previously built and sold a small edtech company. Raised $16 million across 2 rounds. Before that: Comcast and LinkedIn. Most at home with content and mobile. Board games, hiking, and terrible puns.

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  • Early customers and design partners
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Skills
mobilecontentgrowtheducation
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Pre-seed round open - loyalty programmes for gig workers, 24% month-on-month growth

Stage
Pre-seed
Raising
$3M
Instrument
Convertible note
Committed so far
$649k from operators in the space
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
24% month-on-month growth after 9 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

24% month-on-month growth after 9 months. Looking for investors who know supply chain and can help with expansion into the UK.

New York, NY · remote OKgrowthmobileeducation
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Experience

  1. Founder
    May 2023 - Present
    Onyx Systems · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Previously built and sold a small edtech company.
    • Signed 210 paying customers, 25 of them enterprises.
    • Raised $12 million across 2 rounds.
  2. Engagement Manager
    Feb 2021 - May 2023
    Comcast · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $59 million.
    • Designed the operating model for a 4 thousand-person transformation.
  3. Consultant
    Oct 2019 - Feb 2021
    LinkedIn · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Delivered 27 engagements across 6 countries.
    • Designed the operating model for a 11 thousand-person transformation.
  4. Business Analyst
    Jul 2018 - Oct 2019
    Workday · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Shipped 14 launches on the data platform team without a rollback.
  5. Senior Consultant
    Jun 2016 - Jul 2018
    Walmart · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $157 million.

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Education

  1. University of Washington
    BS, Business Administration
    2009 - 2013

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